Resources: Readings
This compilation of suggested readings will provide you with not only a geographic, cultural, and historical overview of your venture destination, but will also introduce lyrical thoughts on meditations and teachings of yoga. For a list of Websites, please visit Resources.

Choose from the following categories. Enjoy!

>Yoga & Relaxation
>Health, Movement & Travel
>Mexico: Culture and History
>Mexico: Ecology/Conservation
>Beaver Meadows, Colorado

YOGA & RELAXATION
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• Working Out, Working Within
  The Tao of Inner Fitness Through Sports & Exercise
  Jerry Lynch & Chungliang Al Huang
• Thinking Body, Dancing Mind
  Jerry Lynch & Chungliang Al Huang
• Gift From the Sea
  Anne Morrow Lindbergh
• The Tao of Inner Fitness Through Sports & Exercise
  Jerry Lynch & Chungliang Al Huang
• Everyday Enlightenment
  Dan Millman
• Body Mind Mastery
  Creating Success in Sports & Life
  Dan Millman
• Breathe Well, Be Well
  Robert Fried, P.H.D.
• A Step-by-Step Guide to Pranayama
  Richard Rosen
• Ageless Yoga
  Gentle Workouts for Health & Fitness
  Juliet Pegrum
• Yoga Body, Buddha Mind
  A Complete Manual for Physical & Spiritual Well-Being
  Cyndi Lee
• Yoga for Life
  An Intermediate Guide to Health, Fitness & Relaxation
  Alan Finger
• Moving Towards Balance
  8 Weeks of Yoga With Rodney Lee
  Rodney Lee & Nina Zolotow
• Emotional Yoga
  How the Body Can Heal the Mind
  Bija Bennett
• Yoga Journal
  Monthly Publication
• Your Health
  Northern Colorado Edition
  Free Monthly Publication
• Relaxation, The Art of Loosening and Releasing
  Mateos Rodilla, J., September 25, 2002
• Yoga in Cardiac Health
  European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, October 2004.

HEALTH, MOVEMENT & TRAVEL
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• Tulum Welcome Packet
  Included in the confirmation of your trip will be the book, MEXICO, A Literary Guide, edited by C. Mayo.  This anthology of Mexican literature will present yet another basis of appreciating  Mexico’s rich culture
• Prepare for Tulum Venture
  Prepare for your Tulum Venture with the answers to frequently asked questions. Visit Prepare: Tulum for more information, or download the Printable Version.
• Beaver Meadows Welcome Packet
  Included in the confirmation of your trip will be a map of the Roosevelt National Forest, and a copy of  Pulse of the River, Gary Wockner & Laura Pritchett.  This newly released collection of essays, poetry and fiction presents a fresh new look at contemporary Colorado and the west
• Prepare for Beaver Meadows Venture
  Prepare for your Beaver Meadows Venture with the answers to frequently asked questions. Visit Prepare: Colorado for more information, or download Printable Version.
  
• The Art of Travel
  Alain de Botton
  A national bestseller published in 2002. This is a volume of travel essays examining the idea of how and why to travel: a combination of planning and anticipating the journey, to the departure, landscape, art and homecoming
• Beth Shaw: Bridging the Gap, American Fitness
  Bonnie Siegler, Health & Fitness magazine, September 2002
• Health Benefits of Yoga
  Trisha Lamb, 2004, IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapy)
• Doctors Study the Health Benefits of Yoga
  Tara Parker Pope, The Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2002
• Yoga Stretch for Fitness and Yoga Strength
  Audio book & CD, Beth Shaw
• Yoga Reduces Stress & Anxiety Among Distressed WomenMedical Science Monitor, November 2005
  Michalsen, A. Grossman, P. Acil, A., Langhorst, J., Ludtke, R., Esch, T., Stefano, G.B. & Dobos, G.J.
• The Effect of Long Term Combined Yoga Practice on the Basal Metabolic Rate of Healthy Adults
  BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Cherya, M.S., Kurpad, A.V., Nagendra, H.R,, Nagarathna, R.
• The Beneficial Effect of Yoga in Diabetes
  Nepal Medical College Journal, December 2005, Malhotra, V., Singh, S., Tandon, O.P. & Sharma, S.B.
• Comparing Yoga, Exercise, & A Self-Care Book for Chronic Low-Back Pain:  a Randomized, Controlled Trial
  Annals of Internal Medicine, December 2005, Sherman, K.J., Cherkin, D.C., Ewo, J., Miglioretti, L.l. & Deyo, R.A.
• A Pilot Study of Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors:  Physical & Psychological Benefits
  Annals of Psychology-Oncology, December 2005, Culos-Reed, S.N., Daronx, L.M., Carlson, L.E. & Hatley-Aldous, S.

MEXICO: CULTURE AND HISTORY
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• Maya Civilization
  Peter Schmidt, Mercedes de la Garza, and Enrique Nalda
• Mayan Clothing & Weaving Through the Ages
  Barbara Knokede Arathoon
• Mexico
  The Ultimate Illustrated Guide to the Culture, the History, the Sights
  Knopf Guide
• The Maya
  Life, Myth, and Art 
  Timothy Laughton
• The Maya
  Ancient Peoples & Places Series
  Michael D. Coe
• The Ancient Maya
  Robert Sharer
• Tropical Mexico
  The Ecotravellers’ Wildlife Guide
  Les Beletsky
• Top Ten Cancun & the Yucatan
  Your Guide to the 10 Best of Everything
• The Code of Kings
  The Language of 7 Sacred Maya Temples & Tombs
  Linda Schele & Peter Mathews
• Maya Art & Architecture
  Anna Carew-Miller
• Your Travel Guide to Ancient Mayan Civilization
  Nancy Raines Day

MEXICO: ECOLOGY/CONSERVATION
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• Ancient Meso-America
  National Geographic
• Meso-American Reef
  A Guide to the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean
  Mark D. Spalding

BEAVER MEADOWS, COLORADO
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"It is an incalculable added pleasure to anyone’s sum of happiness if he or she grows to know, even slightly and imperfectly, how to read and enjoy the wonder–-book of nature.” Theodore Roosevelt

• At the Open Margin of Theodore Roosevelt National Park
  David Harmon
• Poudre Canyon Cross-Country Ski and Snowshoe Trails
  Mary Hagen
• Contemporary Westerner, Blackbelly & Mineral Spirits
  Heather Sharfeddin
• Whither the Western?  The New Face of Regional Literature
  Heather Sharfeddin
• The Center for the American West, CU Boulder, CO
  The Center addresses issues of multiculturalism, community building, fire policy, and land, water and energy use in the west.  A variety of publications are available including:
  • A Look Into the Patterns of Land Use and Future Development in the American West
  • Western Futures
  • Western Energy
  • Western Science
  • Boom and Bust in the American West
  • Atlas of the New West (includes 46 maps intermixed with historical and analytical essays)